Slow Shutter Photography

I love to capture water falls in a slow shutter action so that it looks like a sheet or freezing water.
Where ever I find a water flow and water falls, I would waste almost close to 2 hours capturing the water falls in the camera. I normally carry a small tripod in my camera back pack which is very handy and light weight. Most of the shots I have taken are using this small tripod. Very rarely I have used the bigger tripod.

The best time to get the freezing motion or sheet effect would be early morning or late evening after 4 pm when the light is less. It would be even better if the sun rays are not visible. Any lens with a max aperture > 18 can be used. So far I have used an 18-135mm and 18-105mm lens for most of the shots. Other additional things which you need to carry are a ND – 4, 8 (Neutral Density Filter) which would cut down the light so that you can take the picture with more exposure settings. I have used manual settings to control both aperture and shutter settings. I would recommend using matrix metering if you are using Nikon camera and Evaluative metering if you are using a Canon camera.
Make sure the tripod is steady, quite often my camera has been saved falling into the water since it was on a rock.
Carry an umbrella with you, which is always handy

Photos from Slow Shutter settings.